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• 'We stand with you and we do not forget'
• Bombing survivor poised, positive after amputation
• Pot smokers aren't totally off the hook in Colorado
• It's not a movie: Siblings escape sinking boat, swim 14 hours to land
• 9/11 exhibit brings former president, first lady to tears
• New York was Boston suspects' next target
• Spain's unemployment rate rockets to 27.2 percent
• California bill would allow non-citizens to serve on jury duty
• Senators stall Internet sales tax bill
• Rescuers comb Bangladesh rubble for second day
• Canada train plot suspect had recently traveled to Iran
• Former government lawyer charged with espionage
• Boy in Mensa learned to read while using the toilet
• Indictment: Prison gang leader fathered 5 children with 4 guards

'We stand with you and we do not forget' Posted: 25 Apr 2013 03:56 PM PDT Pres. Obama consoles a Texas town rocked by a fertilizer plant explosion.

Bombing survivor poised, positive after amputation Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:17 PM PDT Heather Abbott says she's "overwhelmed" by the outpouring of support she's received.

Pot smokers aren't totally off the hook in Colorado Posted: 25 Apr 2013 04:25 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — Medical and recreational marijuana may be legal in Colorado, but employers in the state can lawfully fire workers who test positive for the drug, even if it was used off duty, according to a court ruling Thursday.

It's not a movie: Siblings escape sinking boat, swim 14 hours to land Posted: 25 Apr 2013 03:50 PM PDT What started out as a daylong fishing trip turned into a struggle for survival.

9/11 exhibit brings former president, first lady to tears Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:16 PM PDT "It's very hard to walk through and it's hard to watch this," Laura Bush said.

New York was Boston suspects' next target Posted: 25 Apr 2013 04:48 PM PDT Authorities say they were on their way to Times Square when they had to get gas.

Spain's unemployment rate rockets to 27.2 percent Posted: 25 Apr 2013 02:12 PM PDT The country's National Statistics Institute says more than 6 million are jobless.

California bill would allow non-citizens to serve on jury duty Posted: 25 Apr 2013 04:29 PM PDT SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — The California Assembly passed a bill on Thursday that would make the state the first in the nation to allow non-citizens who are in the country legally to serve on jury duty.

Senators stall Internet sales tax bill Posted: 25 Apr 2013 01:36 PM PDT The proposed law gives an advantage to foreign retailers, one opponent says.

Rescuers comb Bangladesh rubble for second day Posted: 25 Apr 2013 01:56 PM PDT The death toll at a collapsed garment factory climbs to 260.

Canada train plot suspect had recently traveled to Iran Posted: 25 Apr 2013 02:15 PM PDT By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investigators believe one of two suspects charged in Canada with plotting to blow up a railroad track carrying passenger trains traveled to Iran within the past two years, U.S. law enforcement and national security officials said on Thursday. Chiheb Esseghaier, a Tunisian-born doctoral student, traveled to Iran on a trip that was directly relevant to the investigation of the alleged plot, the officials said. ...

Former government lawyer charged with espionage Posted: 25 Apr 2013 02:17 PM PDT By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Thursday alleged that a former federal government lawyer helped the Cuban intelligence service recruit a woman who was later sentenced to 25 years in prison for spying. An indictment filed in 2004 was unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia charging Marta Rita Velazquez with conspiracy to commit espionage for her alleged role in recruiting Ana Belen Montes to the Cuban intelligence service and helping her get a federal government job. ...

Boy in Mensa learned to read while using the toilet Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:29 PM PDT He's one of the youngest members of Mensa, but a 5-year-old boy from Collinsville, Ill., earned his stripes in a pretty conventional manner: learning to read on the toilet. "He started reading when he was 18 months old," Rob Dorman told the Suburban Journal about his son, Gus, whom he found perusing a paper in [...]

Indictment: Prison gang leader fathered 5 children with 4 guards Posted: 25 Apr 2013 02:25 PM PDT A Baltimore prisoner is said to have fathered five children with four different corrections officers while incarcerated, according to a recently unsealed federal racketeering indictment. In addition, the Washington Post reports that 13 female corrections officers assisted imprisoned gang members in criminal enterprises including the trafficking of drugs, witness intimidation and money laundering. Guards also [...]

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